How many OC-12s are in an OC-48?

Working

OC-48 → 4 × OC-12

1. 4 × OC-12 in each OC-48 Telcordia GR-2534 × OC-12. Channelized OC-48 is 48 STS-1s.

• 4 OC-12s

Leftover capacity

0 bit/s of each OC-48 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s) sits outside 4 × 622.080 Mbit/s of OC-12 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s). That remainder is overhead, fixed stuff or justification. It is not another whole tributary.

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